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Subject: Fw: [GMO Free Kaua'i] Timing is everything,Kucinich introduces labeling bill
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Subject: [GMO Free Kaua'i] Timing is everything,Kucinich introduces labeling bill
> Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, Proudly Serving Ohio's 10th District
> Press Release
> December 5, 2011
> For Immediate Release
> Nathan.White @mail.house.gov
> (202)225 -5871
> Kucinich: Allow Consumers to Make Informed Choices
> • "Label Genetically Engineered Food"
> Washington, D.C. (December 5, 2011) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D -OH)
today issued the following statement upon announcing
> legislation that would require the labeling of all foods that contain or are
produced with genetically engineered (GE) material.
> • "Genetic engineers have dramatically altered the food we consume, disrupting
entire ecosystems and contaminating crops with
> potentially devastating effects on our long -term health. Despite mounting
evidence of the irreversible changes caused by genetic
> modification, the agribusiness and pharmaceutical industries ask us to believe
that experimenting with Mother Nature causes no
> harm. Already there is ample evidence that this kind of manipulation does have
an impact on our bodies and on the ecosystem we all
> depend on. We cannot rely on the Food and Drug Administration or the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to protect us from the threat
> of GE organisms when those same agencies allowed genetically engineered
organisms into our food and pharmaceutical supplies
> without first requiring objective studies to show they were safe.
> • "Since GE crops were first approved, the concerns about their very real threat
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to farmers have become widespread and the questions
> about the safety of eating GE organisms have steadily grown. Meanwhile the
industry has resisted objective study of the issue. To
> this day, biotechnology companies are largely allowed to self- regulate. Enough
is enough. The American people are demanding a
> right to know. My legislation puts the onus on Congress to be responsive to
the will of the people. It gives the power to
> consumers to make an informed choice about the products they consume.
> • "Big agribusiness fought efforts to inform consumers about the basic truths of
their products. GE crops now cover 10% of global
> farmland. Now, biotechnology companies heralding a false solution to world
hunger want to slip onto supermarket shelves a
> genetically modified salmon engineered to grow to twice the size of a normal
salmon. My common sense legislation will finally
> allow informed consumers to make their own decisions and to vote with their
wallets. People have a right to know how their food is
> made and whether or not it has been genetically modified," Kucinich said.
>
> H.R. 3553, The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, would for the
first time, require genetically modified food to be
> clearly labeled. It would also require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
to periodically test products to ensure compliance.
> Kucinich introduced The GE Food Right to Know Act as part comprehensive
regulatory framework for all Genetically Engineered (GE)
> plants, animals, bacteria, and other organisms, including fish.
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